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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;BRandM, post: 8333761, member: 22729&quot;]This is a very rare piece of siege money issued by the city of Cork, Ireland in September, 1690 when besieged by the forces of William lll during the Williamite War (1688-1690).</p><p><br /></p><p>Most, if not all were overstruck on merchant tokens of William Ballard dated 1677. Ballard was the mayor of Cork City at the time and likely authorized their issuance and, apparently, supplied the tokens used to strike them on. Some show the undertype while others don&#039;t.</p><p><br /></p><p>Surprisingly, I bought this example from a collector in western Pennsylvania. You would expect them to show up in the UK or Ireland for obvious reasons.</p><p><br /></p><p>I only know of about half a dozen examples which is why they&#039;re always described as very rare.</p><p><br /></p><p>Bruce</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1477343[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1477343[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1477347[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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